Thanks for reply , it's helpful to hear of things that work. i might need
them myself one day! Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hakan Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed-solved
> Thanks, Steve. I solved the problem in a different way. I defined same
> windows partition with another name ("dos") by using lilo configuration
tool
> coming with installation CDs and it worked. Than I deleted all the junk
> options created by several previous lilo configuration attempts. I am
> afraid I am still more of a windows user who prefers configuration tools
to
> actual editing of .conf files, but I'll get there! In time...
>
> Hakan
>
> >From: "Steve Maytum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed
> >Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:38:46 -0000
> >
> >Hakan , unless i'm mistaken the answer is quite simple. Shutdown your PC
> >re-boot with a Windows start-up floppy and re-install your Win95. This
> >overwrites MBR but provided you have a Linux boot floppy you can get back
> >into your Linux. Then re-write lilo/conf file (i think) and from a shell
> >Issue command to run /sbin/lilo. Check with others correct file to edit
> >when
> >back in Linux. HTH! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Hakan Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:30 PM
> >Subject: [newbie] corrupted boot-urgent help needed
> >
> >
> > > After accidentally updating my kernel (although I knew I shouldn't), I
> >tried
> > > to install the original one from the installCDs of 8.1. During that
> >process
> > > however, LILO went bad. There was an error reproted about vmlinuz
that
> >I
> > > don't remember very well now, and setup did not progress any further.
> >To
> > > correct (!) the problem, I chose grub instead of lilo, and it seemed
to
> > > work. At least the setup finished. Then, everything was OK
linuxwise;
> > > however I can't boot my windows 95 anymore.
> > >
> > > I tried Webmin, Drakeconf, Linuxconf but nothing seems to work. Is
> >there
> >a
> > > way to make it bootable again without loosing the data?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Hakan
> > >
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